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PERCY WALTER- DRUITT AND WILLZAM ROBERT GIL-PIN, OF LONDON, ENGLAND,ASSIGNOR-S Ti! EDi/VARYJ HERON ALLEN ANT) ARTHUR FRANK DE FONBLANQUE,

BOTH Q15 LUNECFN, ENGLAND.

TYYOGRAPHIC BIASHINEQ Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 3 0, 1916.

To all "whom may concern i Be it known that We, lnncr WALKER Dntn'r'rand \VILLIAM Ronnirr GILPUM, both subjects of the King of Great Britain,both residing in London, England, have jointly invented. certain new anduseful Improve" merits in Typographic lllaiiihines. ofwhich thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates-1 to typographic. mmnosing machines and moreparticularly to those of the t res, described for example in l S.Patents lies. 675,827, 1375,8748, and 67535291, all dated June t. 1901,to Henry J. S. (lilhert-ltringer; U.--S. application, Serial No.(347.059, filed August 31, 911., by Henry J. S. Gilbert-Stringer. and inBritish Patent No. 15.469 of lf hln in which loose matrices ontained ina n'iagayiinc are anaembled in line hy means of a keyboard and a. lineof jilstilieil individual types produced therefrom. and the obje t ofthe invention is to increase the productive capacity of this type ofmachine, both as regards. apeeil and range of work; l'leretotore inmachines of this class the matrices have lac-en of varying but accuratethicknesses equal or propor tional'to the thickness oi the type to beproduced from them and the thickness of the matrix has heen used of thedc' terminingz elements in jus In the improved machine w subject of thepresent inventimi matrices of a convenient and uniform timeliness, whichneed not he accm'aiel determined, are employed irrespective of the sectvalues of the chara ters represented by the matrices or the set Width ofthe types cast therefrom, and consequently the thickness of the matrices is not a determining factor in the justification of the line.

The several improvements in the various parts of the machine which. inconjunction with the use of matrices of uniform thickness serve toincrease the capacity of the apparatus, will he herein describedsnbstair saving in width of 33 per cent, as compared with presentpractice, at the top end of the magazine. Consequently the matrix holdincapacity of the magazine can be increase considerably without increasingthe dimendecrease in the length of the distributor and magazine entranceThe assemhled line of .matrices is transferretl from the assembly box toan intermediate or Waiting position during the period in which thecasting of the preceding line isin prowess, whereby a great saving intime e ected, since the operation of the castingslmit may besubstantially continlr 0113, the idle period being only that required tobring: the iaiting line of matrices to the separation p ieition.onsequent upon this arrangement lit-mines l'lQi'ft y to record upon anintermwliate setting mechanism the dimension of the space necessary toeffect the justification of the waiting line, so as to enable thejustifying mechanism to be returned to its initial position to permit ofthe immediate assemhly of the succeeding line. This splice recordtransferred to a justifying: wedge associated with the mold during theperiod in which the waiting line is being? transferred to theseparatingjmsition and the coding chaft is stationary. lrmisic-n alsomade whereby the casting me hanism may he brought into operation duringthe period in which the preceding line of type being delivered to thegalley The method of justificat-ion employed is an com ination oi theWell known unit sys tem of type sets and units recording meohm msm, withan automatic proportional divider, also well known whereby the short ageof the composed line is ascertained and divided equally between the wordspaces in the line but various novel features hereinafter described havebeen introduced into these mechanisms for the pnrposeof increasing theirefliciency and range of usel'ulness and adapting them to therequirements of the improved machine.

To expedite distribution of the matrices and reduce the risk ofemptying: the magazine channels, means are proviilml for elei'atingsmall i'liutintities of matrices (i. 0. less than a full linel to thedistribute! at regular interval'e Wi h h s ohicrl the levatin fsions'ofthe machine and with a material 4 cam shaft is geared directly with thecasting shaft so as to revolve once for an integral number ofrevolutions of the latter, as for example 20. The re-assembly plunger isnormally prevented from accomplishing its full travel toward theelevator so as to deliver the matrices from the separation chair us] toa raceway between this channel and the elevator. When the elevator is inposition to receive the matrices from this intermediate raceway there-assembly plunger is permitted to make its full stroke, therebytransferring the matrices in the intermediate raceway to the ele ator.

The galley mechanism includes means whereby types may be transferredfrom the mold to a receiving raceway during the time in which thepmceding line is being transferred to the galley. he means employed foreffecting this are similar in principle to those used in'certainexisting machines for a like purpose, but several novel featureshereinafter described have been incorporated in the mechanism.

It is occasionally necessary in the operation of type composing andcasting machines to insert rarely used matrices by hand into theassembly box, and in such circumstances provision must exist forrecording the unit set values of these matrices on the units countingmechanism. For this purpose additional linger keys are provided whichact directly to release the eccentric carriages of the measuring stopsof this mechanism whereby the stops are operated to record the number ofunits designated on the face of the manually inserted matrix. A separatekey is provided for each stop, each key bearing the designation of thenumber of units represented by the corresponding stop.

While the actual mechanism required for carrying into practice theoperations involved in the use of the mochanismthereinbefore referred tomay take many forms, one complete system of mechanism will behereinafter described which accomplishes the purposes contemplated. Suchan ap paratus is illustratei'l in the accompanying 5o rawings whereinFigures 1 and 2 are respectively a front and a sidb'rlevation of acomplete machine embodying the present invention; Fig. 3 is a transversesection on line 3-3 of Fig. 1 but drawn on an enlarged scale andomitting the magazine and distributing mechanism; Fig. 4 is a sectionalplan (with parts omitted) taken on line 4---l of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 a frontview of the justifying mechanism; 60 Fig. 6 a. transverse. sectionalview of same;

Fig. 7 a sectional plan of part of same;

Fig. 8 a transverse section through the keyboard showing the set valuerecordin mechanism: Fig. 9 apart plan of same; Fig. '10 a part rearelevation showing the reshowing matrix transfer mechanism and,

part of the justifying mechanism; Fig. 15 a sectional side ele 'ationshowing part of the justifying mechanism and part of the safety stopmechanism; Fig. 16 a part rear elevation showing substantially the sameparts as Fig. 15: Fig. 17 a rear elevation of the elevator andre-assembly box; Fig. 18 a rear elevation of the driving mechanism;Figs. 19 and 20 trai'lsverse sections of the apparatus shown in Fig. 18;Fig. 21 a part transverse section of part of the machine showing therelation of assembly box with the driving mechanism; Fig. 22 a partelevation of the galley mechanism; Fig. 23 a rear elevation of same:Fig. 24 a side elevation of same; Fig. 25 a transverse section on line:2525 of Fig. 23." and Figs. 26, 27 are sections on lines 26-426 and2727 respectively of Fig. 22.

The matrix releasing mechanism is that common to typogiaphic machines inwhich the action of depressing a key 1 sets into operation poweralrivcnmechanism whereby a key rod 2 ig. is lifted. to effect the release of amatrix from the magazine 3. Not only. however, is it necessary that thestriking of the key should do this, but also that the set value in unitsof the released matrix shall he recorded by the units counting mechanism4 (Figs. 5 and S). The unit which is preferred in apparatus according tothe present invention is 1/20 part of the quad and the matrices may beof any one of 15 sets from 5 units to 20 units inclusive. No. 18 beingomitted. For convenience the keyboard is divided into four groups (twoof which are indicated by the two sets of grouping bails shown in Fig.9), the keys in the. first group representing matrices whose set. valuesmay vary from 5 to 10 units inclusive. those in the second group from 8to 13, those in the third from 11 to 16 and those in the fourth from 14to 20 units inclusive. This arrangement is found to he very flexible inpermitting of the employment of fonts of type whose characteristics varyconsiderably, and in which matrices of the same designation wouldrepresent different set values. The set. values of the keys in any groupmay be arranged in any order within the limits of the group. Thus, a keymay represent any unit value within these limits and further this valuemay be changed b changing certain parts of the mechanism to he describedlater. Moreover, as'it is desired to release matrices from either of twomagazines and as the matrices in corresponding channels of the twomagazines may be of different set

